Today’s education in the media looks at learning foreign languages in schools, flexible terms dates, adoption and a letter from the Skills Minister about the apprenticeship levy.
Today, Thursday 6 April, the Supreme Court handed down their judgment in the case of Jon Platt vs Isle of Wight Council.
Today’s news review includes reports about term time holidays and Justine Greening’s first opinion piece as Education Secretary.
Today’s news review looks at inaccurate claims made about term time holidays.
...from these paid penalty notices cannot be calculated consistently across the five years as the government increased the amount of penalty to be paid from £50 to £60 and from...
...Daily Mail reports that while 200,000 NUT members in England were balloted for strike action, less than a quarter actually voted in favour. Their coverage also makes clear that new...
...Sunday Times reports that Surrey County Council has hired a barrister in a term time holiday court case involving a mother who refused to pay a £60 fine. The piece...
Today’s education news review includes coverage on term time holidays, the pupil premium and an Islamic independent school in Birmingham.
...comments to social mobility, suggesting middle class parents are increasingly ‘hothousing’ their children with activities, like taking them to the theatre or visiting museums, to keep them ahead of the...
Today’s news review looks at calls for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to be taught in schools and term time holiday campaigner, Jon Platt’s new website offering his services to help...